Improving Research-Based Knowledge of College Promise Programs

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Main Author: Perna, Laura
Other Authors: Smith, Edward
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Havertown : American Educational Research Association, 2020
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction Improving Research-Based Knowledge of College Promise Programs
  • 2 Setting the Stage A History and Overview of the College Promise Movement
  • Part 1 What Do We Know From Prior Research About the Effects of Promise Programs?
  • 3 Promises Fulfilled? A Systematic Review of the Impacts of College Promise Programs
  • 4 A Systematic Review of Evidence on the Effectiveness of Targeted College Access Programs Offering No-Cost or Subsidized College Enrollment
  • Part 2 What Are the Effects of Different Types of College Promise Programs?
  • 5 The Effect of the El Dorado Promise Scholarship on Higher Education, K-12, and Community Outcomes
  • 6 The Promise of Free College (and Its Potential Pitfalls): Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Performance-Based Aid Program
  • 7 Keeping the Promise: Early Outcomes of Tennessee's Tuition-Free College Initiative
  • 8 Echo of a Promise: The Impact of State-Designated Michigan Promise Zones
  • 9 The Promise of Summer: A Case Study of Motivation and Impact Among Low-Income Students
  • 10 The Promise of "Free" Tuition and Program Design Features: Impacts on First-Time College Enrollment
  • 11 Community College Promise Programs and Local Impact: Aggregate Effects of College Attainment in Three Promise Communities
  • Part 3 What Forces Contribute to the Establishment of a Promise Program?
  • 12 A Promising Trend? An Event History Analysis of Factors Associated With Establishing Single-Institution College Promise Programs
  • Part 4 Where Do We Go From Here?
  • 13 CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS How Our Findings Bear on Future Policy, Practice, and Research
  • About the Contributors